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ONLY 67 DAYS LEFT FOR EACH & EVERY
CHILD THIS SCHOOL YEAR!!
Dear Parents
Term 3 is quickly coming to a close and
we will be 3/4 of the way through the
year. It has been great to see the students
showing improvement in their reading this
term not only in PM levels but also in their
use of strategies.
Our focus this year will remain on reading
and ensuring that students understand
what they are reading. Before and during
school students are given the opportunity
to read with teachers and teacher aides to
allow us to improve their fluency,
understanding and comprehension skills.
This term we are seeking parent or
community volunteers who would like to
assist us in the classroom with listening to
students read and learning sight words. If
you are available before or during school
and would like to be placed on a regular
timetable please email or call me.
Attendance
The 2018 School Attendance Target is
94%, for Term 3 our school’s attendance
rate is 86.9%. Our yearly school’s
attendance rate is 91.0%.
Regular attendance leads to enhanced
achievement and learning progress. Let’s
ensure all students attend school to reap
the rewards of consistent participation
and engagement. Unless your child is ill, it
is expected that your child will be at
school learning every day of the school
year.
DA TE
CLAI MERS
Glenmorgan Gazette Principal: Miss Caitlin Crothers P O Box 29 Phone: 07 4665 6757 Clive Street Fax: 07 4665 6794 GLENMORGAN QLD 4423 Email: [email protected]
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From the Principal…...
Current
Attendance: 86.9%
EVERY DAY COUNTS!!!
30th August School photos
31st August Tennis
1st September Condamine Football /Netball
6th September Tuckshop
7th September Tennis
14th September Tennis
20th September Tuckshop
21st September End of term 3!
22nd September Meandarra Show
8th October Day 1 Term 4
12th October Just For Laughs
22nd October Pupil Free Day
Term 1
Term 2
Term 3
Yearly
P A G E 2
Road Safety Awareness week
Too many people die on Queensland roads,
and the effects can be devastating. The
financial costs are enormous, and the
social and emotional impacts are even
bigger. But the sad truth is, road crashes
are largely preventable. Join the Drive to
Save Lives is a road safety initiative with
the goal to get the whole of Queensland to
rally together behind being road safe.
Queensland Road Safety Awareness Week
is a chance for all of us to be involved in
making our roads safer. ‘Speaking up for
road safety—road rules refresh’ is the
focus and we’re encouraging the whole
community to have their say and refresh
their road rules knowledge. Queensland
Road Safety Week is also about challenging
the status quo. Let’s stop accepting death
and serious injury as just ‘part and parcel’
of using our roads. Speak up. Be heard.
https://jointhedrive.qld.gov.au/
School Notes…….
G L E N M O R G A N G A Z E T T E
Happy
September
Birthday
to:
Miss Crothers
Student of the week 3
Ella Stanford for focussing on reading strategies
Maddie Stanford for her outstanding attitude towards learning
Brooke Coggan for using advice and persuasive techniques in her writing
Jordi Cau for using sounds independently in his writing
Well done to these students
REMINDER to all parents— School banking is every Tuesday, don’t forget to send you child’s banking book to school with them. There are great prizes to be won for those that regularly deposit money into their account.
NAPLAN Online Update Preparations for the move to NAPLAN Online are underway. We will be attending training later this year to learn how to use the national assessment platform. The department is also supporting our school to ensure we are technically ready to participate in a national School Readiness Trial in October 2018. The trial allows us to check our technical readiness and provides our students and staff with an opportunity to become familiar with the types of test items and online assessment process. The teachers are supporting students to become familiar with the ICT skills needed for online assessment. These skills are a regular part of lessons and are described in the Australian Curriculum. The tailored test design adapts to each student’s level of performance, and another benefit of online assessment is that students can listen through their headsets to the questions (except in reading).
The national demonstration website features test items that support students with a disability. http://www.nap.edu.au/online-assessment/ Until next Term
Miss Caitlin Crothers
Tuckshop
Dates
Thursday 6th Sep
20th Sep 3rd September
Awards Term 3
Maddie Stanford—Blue sight words
Jordi Cau—Orange & Green sight words
Heath Scholefield—Reading Eggs & Super Speller
Ella Stanford—Pink sight words
Payton Scholefield—Mathletics: Platinum
Nancy Schmidt—Mathletics: Silver
Brooke Coggan—Super Speller & Mathletics Bronze
William Schmidt—Mathletics: Silver
Athletics Carnival: On Friday the 3rd of August, Teelba held the Annual Small
Schools Athletics Carnival. Congratulations to Heath Scholefield
who received runner up age champion, and to all Glenmorgan
students who gave 100% effort in each event they participated
in. Thankyou to Teelba for hosting the carnival and all parents
and friends who supported our students on the day.
Public Speaking: On Tuesday the 28th of August the annual Small Schools
Public Speaking competition was held at Meandarra State
School.
Congratulations to the students that were selected to
represent Glenmorgan State School with their persuasive
speech:
William Schmidt—Country Living is Better than City Living
Brooke Coggan—Cats have Superpowers
Nancy Schmidt—More Homework not Less
Payton Scholefield—JoJo is Better than Slim Dusty
Congratulations to Brooke Coggan for her first place.
Around the Classroom: Dogs are better than cats—By Ella Embrey
Good morning teachers and classmates. Today I am going to convince you all that dogs are
way better than cats. I believe that dogs are better than cats because dogs can help people
and they also make the worlds best friend.
Firstly, everyone knows that dogs can help people I many different ways. They can help blind
people do lots of things, even open doors for them! They help us on farms, such as protecting
us from snakes, barking to let us know if someone is coming onto your property and even
helping us muster cattle. Can you imagine a cat doing that? They just sleep and
purr!
Secondly, dogs are the best, most fun and loyal friends in the whole entire uni-
verse. When you go horse riding with your dog they love o run along beside you
and always do what you command. You can also tell your dog anything and they
will keep your secrets. You have to always look after your dog and always keep it
fit. Your dog will look after you and keep you fit too—just like a best friend should.
Finally, they say dogs are a mans best friend, well I say they are a girls best friend too! So if
you don’t get a dog, then you wont have a great helper and the cutest and most lovable
friend in the whole entire universe! I hope that now I have convinced you to GET A DOG NOT
A CAT!!.
On Friday I went to the athletics
carnival at Teelba. I liked discus
because I got third.
Maddie Stanford—Prep
At athletics I improved at shot put. I got 1st for
shot put, 2nd for my 50m sprint and 1st for
high jump. I got runner up age champion. I
competed against Westmar, Teelba, Moonie,
The Gums and Hannaford.
Heath Scholefield—yr 1
At the athletics carnival I liked run-
ning the best. I liked the food be-
cause I liked the sausage rolls.
Ella Stanford—yr 1
P&C News
Next Meeting - Tuesday 23rd October 3:15pm
Next Event - Catering Small Schools Swimming Carnival
- Friday 30th November at Meandarra Pool
Unfortunately due to the weather conditions the annual
campdraft planned to be held on 6th & 7th October will
be unable to go ahead. Fingers crossed the season im-
proves for everyone.
Help Yourself! 8 tips for
teaching kids to be
more independent Do you do too much for your kids? It’s time to flip the script.
By Jackie Gillard – Today’s Parent
It’s 7:55am and my six year old daughter is singing Pharrell’s “Happy”
in her pyjamas while bopping to the beat. I’m not happy, knowing
that the school bell rings in 15 minutes. I pull her PJs off like they’re
on fire and tug up her tights so brusquely that I practically lift her off
the floor. We make it, barely.
I know she can dress herself, but my blood pressure starts to spoke
watching her stalling shenanigans, and I often end up doing it for her
to avoid facing yet another late slip.
Sound familiar? Jeanner Williams, an Edmonton psychologist, sees
many parents coping with the time crunch by using a “parenting to
get through the day” approach: They worry about what needs to be
done in the here and now, not about the long-term effects of these
daily choices. “I’d go so far to say that all parents do this at some
point,” she says.
Well, if we’re all doing it, it cant be that bad. Right?
Unfortunately, this isn’t a strength-in-numbers thing. “Habitually
doing things for your child that she’s capable of doing herself sends
an inadvertent message that you don’t have confidence in her abili-
ties,” Williams warns. The outcome is a child who lacks independ-
ence, self-esteem and problem-solving skills and who can’t – or wont
– do age-appropriate tasks. This is sometimes called “learned help-
lessness.” Learned from whom? You guessed it.
But Williams doesn’t want us to feel guilty. She knows we’re just
trying to keep all those balls in the air and explains that this problem
is fixable – and there’s a huge payoff: confident, capable kids, and
tasks removed from your plate. Here are eight tips for teaching kids
to be more independent:
Give Notice Get your child on board by encouraging her to help “you” change.
When Williams realised she was doing way more for her son than
was necessary, she told him, “I’m sorry. I’ve been treating you like
little kid when you are reading to do some big-kid jobs!” She warns
against using phrases like “You are not a baby anymore”; baby can
be a sensitive word in this age group.
Identify Opportunities Make a list of things she could be doing herself.
Mine had 13 tasks including brushing her teeth. Ask her which duties
she feels she’s big enough to take on – it’s likely to increase her will-
ingness to try.
Target Opportunities Tackle one item at a time, so you don’t overwhelm her.
Make time If it takes her 10 minutes to brush her own, start your morning 10
minutes earlier (and put down the brush!).
When she is not being micromanaged, she may surprise you with her
co-operation, and you’ll be a calmer influence when you’re not rac-
ing against the clock.
Negotiate compromise If she digs in her heels, compromise and inject some fun.
For a few days, I took shirt duty, and she did the bottoms. I said that
her tree branches (arms) needed their leaves (her shirt) and that she
did a great job – and would be awesome at putting on her own shirt.
Forget perfection Accept that she won’t do the task as well as you.
If the milk spills, show her how to clean it up without criticism and
assure her it happens to everyone.
Praise something Instead of pointing out that her shoes are on the wrong feet, say,
“You put on your own shoes! Good job!” She’ll discover the discom-
fort on her own. Give the positive follow-up like, “I bet you’ll get
them on the right feet tomorrow.”
Consider circumstances If kids are tired, sick, stressed or adjusting to a change, it’s not the
time to introduce new responsibilities. And don’t be discouraged if
they regress, wanting you to do a task after they’ve mastered it. This
is normal. Temporarily sharing the load can help them bounce back
more quickly than if you scold or criticise them.
Don’t rush in to solve minor issues when they crop up, says psycholo-
gist Jeanne Williams. Encourage your child’s problem-solving skills by
asking if she can come up with a fix. If she’s stumped, give her time
to think before offering up your ideas.
Try to stay relaxed. Like me, you may find more messy beds and pud-
dles of milk, but hearing your child proudly say, “I did it all by my-
self!” is so worth it.
Morning Routine for
school: tips
By Raising Children Network
Moring routine for school: the whys and hows
Children don’t understand time in the same way as adults. This
can make school mornings a stressful time of day for families.
Staying calm and being organised in the morning will help you all
feel positive about the day ahead. On the other hand, fighting
with children in the morning makes it harder for your child to
enjoy school and for you to work well. It even increases the risk
of you having an accident at work.
The most useful way to reduce morning chaos is to set up a
morning routine. Sticking to a morning routine for school helps
your children predict what’s coming, and remember what they
need to do.
Planning ahead for school mornings
The first step in your morning routine for school is to think about
what you need to do and work out a plan for doing it. You’ll
probably find that you
and your child can do
many things the night
before.
Here are some ideas:
Try to find out the night before (or even earlier) if
there’s something special happening at school the next
day.
Organise lunches and get breakfast things ready for the
morning rush. Breakfast is one of the most important
meals of the day, and helps your child to concentrate
better at school.
Think about having a weekly schedule or calendar with
reminders of what your child needs to take to school
each day – for example, library books, sports clothes,
show and tell, and so on. You can keep this on the fridge
so everyone knows what’s happening.
You might know something is going to come up that
could cause conflict, like your child not wanting to eat
breakfast, or wanting to wear sneakers rather than
school shoes. Talk about it the night before when every-
body has time and you’re all less likely to be stressed.
Think about getting ready for your day the night before
as well, to help ease time pressure in the morning.
Try to read school newsletters and check bags for notes the
night before. You could also try to prepare clothes, sign school
notes, and get school bags ready the night before.
Your morning routine for school: tips
Rushing can really increase everyone’s stress levels, so it helps
to give yourself a bit more time in the morning. One of the best
ways to do this is to get up 15-30 minutes earlier.
Here are more tips to take the stress out of mornings:
Think about an alarm for children who find it hard to wake up or
don’t like getting out of bed.
Tackle the morning as positively and as optimistically as you can.
Good moods can be infectious. One way to do this is to be fo-
cusing on the positive aspects of your children’s behavior and
praising them – for example, ‘Great to see you eating some
toast’.
Give your children calm, clear instructions about what you want
them to do, and follow up with specific praise as soon as they
start to cooperate. You might need to remind younger children
more often about what they’re meant to be doing and when.
Simple ‘to do’ checklists, even with pictures, can help.
As your children get older and more capable, encourage them to
do more for themselves. For example, an eight-year-old can get
dressed on his own, make his own breakfast, and tidy up after
himself. A five-year-old can do things like putting his lunch box
in his bag. Cut down on distractions like television, tablets and
other devices. Many families have a rule about no screen time in
the morning. Think about leaving screens off, unless screen time
is a special treat for being ready on time.
Try not to give your children extra attention for arguing, witch-
ing or stalling. Even negative attention is an incentive for them
to keep going with this behavior.
How things go at home in the morning can set the tone
for the day ahead. A predictable and positive morning
routine for school can help children arrive at school
feeling calm, well fed and ready to make the most of
the first few hours of the day.